Veils And Videos
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Veils And Videos
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Author : Minou Fuglesang
language : en
Publisher: Department of Social Anthropology University of Stockholm
Release Date : 1994
Veils And Videos written by Minou Fuglesang and has been published by Department of Social Anthropology University of Stockholm this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Lamu (Kenya) categories.
A Quiet Revolution
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Author : Leila Ahmed
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-29
A Quiet Revolution written by Leila Ahmed and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-29 with Social Science categories.
A probing study of the veil's recent return—from one of the world's foremost authorities on Muslim women—that reaches surprising conclusions about contemporary Islam's place in the West todayIn Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. Why, Ahmed asks, did this change take root so swiftly, and what does this shift mean for women, Islam, and the West?When she began her study, Ahmed assumed that the veil's return indicated a backward step for Muslim women worldwide. What she discovered, however, in the stories of British colonial officials, young Muslim feminists, Arab nationalists, pious Islamic daughters, American Muslim immigrants, violent jihadists, and peaceful Islamic activists, confounded her expectations. Ahmed observed that Islamism, with its commitments to activism in the service of the poor and in pursuit of social justice, is the strain of Islam most easily and naturally merging with western democracies' own tradition of activism in the cause of justice and social change. It is often Islamists, even more than secular Muslims, who are at the forefront of such contemporary activist struggles as civil rights and women's rights. Ahmed's surprising conclusions represent a near reversal of her thinking on this topic.Richly insightful, intricately drawn, and passionately argued, this absorbing story of the veil's resurgence, from Egypt through Saudi Arabia and into the West, suggests a dramatically new portrait of contemporary Islam.
Veils Of Distortion
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Author : John Zada
language : en
Publisher: Terra Incognita Press
Release Date : 2021-02-22
Veils Of Distortion written by John Zada and has been published by Terra Incognita Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-22 with Social Science categories.
A rare and insightful account by a newsroom insider of how the news skews our perceptions and disorients society 'Fake news' has become a ubiquitous catchphrase and a worldwide obsession. Yet too few of us know that shades of falsehood have always run through the mainstream news media. As news organizations double-down in their efforts to shock and entertain, more people than ever before are tuning-out, disillusioned by negative and manipulative news cycles. In Veils of Distortion, John Zada draws on two decades of journalism experience to explain how and why the news has become broken. By depicting our world through a tiny sample of dramatized events that are often far-removed from our experiences, the news warps our picture of reality. What we see is not the world that actually is, but rather a caricature of it: a simple two-toned realm in which dangers and conflicts lurk around every corner. The societal angst that results can make the news a self-fulfilling prophecy, and can turn our minds into prisons of blinkered thought. Zada walks us through the newsroom to reveal these distorting 'veils.' He offers suggestions on how to mitigate the effects of this coarse infotainment, which, if left unchecked will continue to dumb down and polarize our society, causing it to further unravel.
Visions Beyond The Veil
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Author : H. A. Baker
language : en
Publisher: Whitaker House
Release Date : 2006-08-01
Visions Beyond The Veil written by H. A. Baker and has been published by Whitaker House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-01 with Religion categories.
Beggars…Outcasts…Homeless Such were the forgotten, uneducated children in China when the Spirit of God fell upon their humble orphanage, the Adullam Home. The boys spent days in powerful meetings, praying and praising God. Under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, they prophesied, saw visions, and discovered: Angels…how they operate and protect us Unbelievers…and their fate Heavenly occupations…what our jobs will be Paradise…revealed through the eyes of children The throne of God…experiencing true worship Death…what happens when we die Demons…and their evil works This mighty outpouring was a fulfillment of God’s promise: “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions.” Acts 2:17
Nigerian Video Films
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Author : Jonathan Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2000
Nigerian Video Films written by Jonathan Haynes and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Motion pictures categories.
Nigerian video films--dramatic features shot on video and sold as cassettes--are being produced at the rate of nearly one a day, making them the major contemporary art form in Nigeria. The history of African film offers no precedent for such a huge, popularly based industry. The contributors to this volume, who include film and television directors, an anthropologist, and scholars of film studies and literature, take a variety of approaches to this flourishing popular art. Topics include aesthetic forms and distribution; the configurations of various ethnic audiences; the new media environment dominated by cassette technology; the video's materialism in a period of economic collapse; transformation of the traditional Yoruba traveling theater; individualism and the moral crisis in Igbo society; Hausa cultural values; the negotiation of gender roles, and the genre of Christian videos.
Cy Twombly
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Author : Michelle White
language : en
Publisher: Menil Foundation
Release Date : 2019
Cy Twombly written by Michelle White and has been published by Menil Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
A breathtaking exploration of one of Twombly's largest paintings, the second version of his Treatise on the Veil One of the most important American postwar artists, Cy Twombly (1928-2011) engaged with mythological and poetic source material, setting him apart from other artists of his generation. In 1970, Twombly revisited his 1968 painting Treatise on the Veil and, in a short period of focused creativity, produced a painting--Treatise on the Veil (Second Version)--on a single, 33-foot canvas along with more than a dozen related drawings. This handsomely produced oversize book features three essays that examine these works in relation to Twombly's oeuvre, contemporaneous explorations of time, the Orpheus myth, and a musical composition that Twombly cited as an influence. Large images and details bring us in close to Twombly's magnificent meditation on time and space. Distributed for The Menil Collection
On Shifting Ground
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Author : Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone
language : en
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2014-09-15
On Shifting Ground written by Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone and has been published by The Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Social Science categories.
“Thoughtful, highly relevant, and frequently brilliant essays on the contemporary ideas, organization, activities, and agency of Muslim women” (Nikki Keddie, author of Women in the Middle East: Past and Present). The world has drastically changed in recent years due to armed conflict, economic issues, and cultural revolutions both positive and negative. Nowhere have those changes been felt more than in the Middle East and Muslim worlds. And no one within those worlds has been more affected than women, who face new and vital questions. Has Arab Spring made life better for Muslim women? Has new media empowered feminists or is it simply a tool of the opposition? Will the newfound freedoms of Middle Eastern women grow or be taken away by yet more oppressive regimes? This “provocative volume” has been updated with a new introduction and two new essays, offering insider views on how Muslim women are navigating technology, social media, public space, the tension between secularism and fundamentalism, and the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship (Nikki Keddie, Professor Emerita of Middle Eastern and Iranian History, UCLA).
Gendered Lives In The Western Indian Ocean
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Author : Erin E. Stiles
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2015-10-21
Gendered Lives In The Western Indian Ocean written by Erin E. Stiles and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-21 with Social Science categories.
Muslim communities throughout the Indian Ocean have long questioned what it means to be a “good Muslim.” Much recent scholarship on Islam in the Indian Ocean considers debates among Muslims about authenticity, authority, and propriety. Despite the centrality of this topic within studies of Indian Ocean, African, and other Muslim communities, little of the existing scholarship has addressed such debates in relation to women, gender, or sexuality. Yet women are deeply involved with ideas about what it means to be a “good Muslim.” In Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean, anthropologists, historians, linguists, and gender studies scholars examine Islam, sexuality, gender, and marriage on the Swahili coast and elsewhere in the Indian Ocean. The book examines diverse sites of empowerment, contradiction, and resistance affecting cultural norms, Islam and ideas of Islamic authenticity, gender expectations, ideologies of modernity, and British education. The book’s attention to both masculinity and femininity, broad examination of the transnational space of the Swahili coast, and inclusion of research on non-Swahili groups on the East African coast makes it a unique and indispensable resource. Contributors: Nadine Beckmann, Pat Caplan, Corrie Decker, Rebecca Gearhart, Linda Giles, Meghan Halley, Susan Hirsch, Susi Keefe, Kjersti Larsen, Elisabeth McMahon, Erin Stiles, and Katrina Daly Thompson
Encounter Images In The Meetings Between Africa And Europe
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Author : Mai Palmberg
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Release Date : 2001
Encounter Images In The Meetings Between Africa And Europe written by Mai Palmberg and has been published by Nordic Africa Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Political Science categories.
Positive images of Africa contrast with negative images of misery, war and catastrophes often conveyed by the mass media. This selection of papers debate the images and stereotypes of Africa.
Textile Trades Consumer Cultures And The Material Worlds Of The Indian Ocean
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Author : Pedro Machado
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-02-09
Textile Trades Consumer Cultures And The Material Worlds Of The Indian Ocean written by Pedro Machado and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-09 with History categories.
This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites—from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to Ajanta, Srivijaya and Osaka. It moves beyond usual focuses on a single fibre (such as cotton) or place (such as India) to provide a fresh, expansive perspective of the ocean as an “interaction-based arena,” with an internal dynamism and historical coherence forged by material exchange and human relationships. Contributors map shifting social, cultural and commercial circuits to chart the many histories of cloth across the region. They also trace these histories up to the present with discussions of contemporary trade in Dubai, Zanzibar, and Eritrea. Richly illustrated, this collection brings together new and diverse strands in the long story of textiles in the Indian Ocean, past and present.